Documenting Ojibwe Conversation

在国家科学基金会的支持下，玛丽·赫尔墨斯博士将记录会话式西南奥吉布语的使用。奥吉布韦语是大约一万人的第一语言。在加拿大的五大湖周围，许多土著社区使用奥吉布语作为第一语言。然而在美国，每个保留地只有少数长老说Ojibwe语。Ojibwe的这些特殊方言在其他地方不存在，目前极度濒危。该项目将记录奥里耶城堡的奥吉布族长老在非正式的对话环境中使用奥吉布族语。研究人员将在不同的环境下对老年人彼此谈论日常话题进行录音和录像。这类资源对那些试图重振英语的人来说是极其宝贵的。母带将保存在Waadookodaading Ojibwe浸入式语言学校。磁带将被编辑成短片段，分发给那些试图学习奥吉布语的人。

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Mary Hermes will document the use of conversational Southwestern Ojibwe. Ojibwe is spoken by about 10,000 people as a first language. Around the Great Lakes in Canada many indigenous communities use Ojibwe as a first language. However in the United States, Ojibwe is spoken by only a handful of Elders on each reservation. These particular dialects of Ojibwe exist nowhere else and are currently extremely endangered.This project will document Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Elders using Ojibwe in a non-formal conversational setting. The researchers will audio and videotape Elders in different setting, speaking to each other about every day topics. This kind of resource is extremely valuable for those trying to revitalize the language. Master tapes will be archived at the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School. Tapes will be edited into short segments and distributed to those trying to learn the Ojibwe language, Ojibwemowin.